UiTM And IIUM Emerge Champions In One Of The World’s Most Competitive Debating Tournaments

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UiTM became the first Malaysian university in history to win in the main category when they came out victorious in the four-way grand finals against the team from Trinity College of Dublin Historical Society and two teams from the University of Toronto, Hart House A & B.

Mohd Mifzal Mohd Murshid Kieron, and Jasmine Ho, both 22, successfully defended the motion 'This House believes that the international community should pay countries near to conflict zones to process, settle and restrict the further movement of refugees' in their position as opening government.

In the ESL category grand finals, IIUM speakers Ameera Natasha Moore, 22, and Sara Rahim, 20, defeated Tel Aviv from Israel and Leiden A and Leiden B, both from the Netherlands.

They were debating the motion 'This house believes that Saudi Arabia should limit participation in the Hajj to the citizens of countries that are committed to taking direct action against the Islamic State (IS)' as opening opposition.